Steam-condensing apparatus.



J. J. BROWN.

STEAM GONDENSING APPARATUS.

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2 SHEETSA Zaza J. J. BROWN. STEAM CONDENSING APPARATUS.

APPLIUATION FILED JULY 14, 1911.

Patented Jan.9,191f

2 SHEETSSHEBT Ifillllllflrlllldd Elizabeth, in the county of Union and State ment in Steam-Condensing"Apparatus, of

vjunction With a condenser of any Well-known means for determining the quantity of Water 'Water from the compartment to which it is` of, the invtuition` and Fig. (l is a transverse UNTED OFFICE..

JOHN J'. BROWN, OF ELIZABETH,.NEW JERSEY, ASSGNOR TO WHEELER CNDENSER AND ENGINEERING COMPANY, OF- CARTERET, NEWTJERSEY, .Etv CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

STEAM-CONDENSIN AIJPARATUS.

ySpecification of Letters Patent.

y Patented aan. 9,1912.

' i l Application filed July 14, 19117. SerialvNo. 638,443.

To all whom 'it may concern: 1

Be it knownthat I, JOHN J. B nowrnn, citizen of the United States, residing in ot' New Jersey,have invented an improve which the following is a specification.-

' My invention relates to steam condensing apparatus, and more particularly to the hot' Well or receptacle for the water of condensation employed generally in steam condensing apparatus; the object of the invention being to provide a hot-well, by the use of Which'the amount of steam being delivered to the condenser can be determined atany moment, and with this determinatiomof the amount of steam and the watt meter read ings, the consumpt-ion of steam per kilowatt hour, can be quickly and easily ascertained at-any time. i

ln carrying out the invention and in contype, I prefer to employ va hot-well so constructed as to be divided into compartments, from and to which the Water ot' condensation from the condenser' is caused to flow, and

tioiving between these compartments. I also employ devices for reducing to u minimum the motion-ot' the Water ot condensation,ns-. the sume is admitted to the hotwell., so that in commin'gling With the water already in the compartment in the hotwell to which the ivateixof condensation is lirst admitted. it will ,cause aslittle disturbance as possible. The object of this, as will be hereinafter described, is to obtain a unitorm tlow of the first admitted.

1n thelrawiiig Iliave illustrated my i nvention as applied to a surface condenser, and Figur(- 1 is 'a side elevation ot a surface condenser' with my improved hot-Well connected thereto. Fig. 2 is an 'end elevation of the saine. Fig. is a longitudinal section through one t'orm oi the hot-Well, showing the saine connected to a. condenser. Fig. 4 1s a cross sect 1`on on line a), fr, Fig. 3. Fig.

5 is a sectional elevation ot a modified formI cross'f sectionA illustrating a still further nioditicationof the invention. i

lteterringparticularly to the drawing-10 indicates a condenser of the'surface condensing type, provided as is usual with .a steam inlet 11 'an outlet 12 for the Water of condensation, an inlet 13 and an outlet let for the circulating Water, and suitable posts 15 or other foundations for supporting the condenser, all of which are of the usual and Beneath the condenser and preferably im-A mediately connected' thereto, I employ ai hot- Well indicated at 1G. This hot-Well is pref erably so constructedv as to be provided With a relatively shallow compartment 17 and relunderstood, into ',the shallow compartment thereof. its bottomV or lower portion, the

V're'la'tiv'ely deep compartment 18 is also provided 4with an opening 21, and a connection i2 may be secured to the bottom of this relatively deep` compartment for connection with a -pipe line or other .means leading to the pump or other device" by which the air and waterrare disposedof. Y

Extending upWa'rdl from the Wall formL ing the dividing line etvveenfthe'relatively yshallow and deep compartments `iiimtlie"hot=` well, is a division plate 23 which as illustrated in ltigs 3 and 4, may be provided with a V-sliaped notch, so that in reality this divisionplate forms a Weir over which the Water ot'r condensation from the relatively-shallow to the relatively deep compartment flows. Y

Exterior-ly ottlie hotwell I employ a gage-2l by means of which the height of the water on the Weir may be determined at any time. yThis gage 24 is provided 'With scale graduated to read in gallonsof Water per minute or pounds ot steam per hour. Obviously the relationship between the ivei'r and gage is that with any given Weir, the quantity 'of Water which Will pass over the same per minute at atmospheric .pressure may be ascertained, and the scale, showing` the height ofthe Water in the hotvvell and consequently the height at vvhich. thev Water stands on the Weir, may be 'graduated accordingly. Obviously the greaterttie steam consumption, the higher the Water will stand in the hotwell, and therefore the greater the steam consumption, the greater is the amount of the water which will Passover the Weir per minute. Y

In the relatively shallow compartment of Y, the hotwell, I prefer to employ a transverse baffle preferably'perforated, and also a series of bailles 26 also perforated and placed in -a spaced relationship, one above ,the other and all immediately beneath .the inlet opening 20 to the hot-well. The baie lates 26 againstwhichl the water of con ens'ation strikes in coming into the hotwell, will have a tendency to retard its motion and consequently by the time ythe water being admitted, reaches the water in the well, this motion of the former has been so reduced as tocause little or no agitation in the latter.- It will also be understood that the baflle'plate -25 acts more or less as a brealcwater to-prevent any surging to and frovof the water in the well.

As will be understood, the gage glass may be graduated to a suitable scale to read either in pounds of steam per hour or in gallons of water per minute as hereinbefore described as may be desired by theuser of the. apparatus, and as will also beunder stood, by ascertaining the number of pounds of steam per hour being condensed from the gage glass on the hot-well and knowing the output of the generator in the: kilowatts, the number of pounds of steam per kilowatt hour may be readily ascertained. By referring. to Fig. 5, it will also be apparent that the division plate 27 shown therein,

may be provided with a rectangular notch' 28, so that the weiri'instead of being V- shaped may be rectangular, and also by reference to Fig. 6, it will be seen that I may also employ instead of tl'e weis hereinbefore described, a division plate 29 in which an opening 30, constituting a discharge orice, is provided. This orificeBO is shown as circular, but nevertheless the same may be rectangular or of any other shape, without departing from the nature and spirit of my invention, the gage glass being graduated, in any particular instance, -in accordance with the form of weir ororifice employed.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a condensing apparatus, the c'o'mbination with a condenser of a hot-well having compartments of different depths from and to which the water'of lcondensation flows, and means for determining 'the flow of the water of condensation through the hot-well.

2. In a condensing apparatus, the combination with a condenser, of allot-well having a relatively deep compartment and a relatively shallow compartment, and means for Adetermining the o'w of the water of condensation as the same' passes from the relatively shallow compartment to the relatively deep compartment.

. 3. In a condensingv apparatus, the -combination with a condenser, of a hot-well having a relatively deep compartment and a relatively shallow compartment, means for reducing to a minimum the agitation of the water -in the relatively shallow compartment, and means for determining the flow of the water of condensation as ,the same passes from-the relatively shallow compartmentto the relatively deep compartment.

4. In a condensing apparatusthe coin-A shallow compartment to the relatively deep compartment.

5. In a condensing apparatus, the combinationwith a condenser, of a hot-well having a relatively shallow compartment and a relatively deep compartment, a weir on the dividing line between the said compartments, .and a gage for ascertaining the height of said Awater on the said weir as the same passes from the said relatively shallow compartment to the relatively deep compartl ment.

6. In a condensing apparatus, the -combi- A nation with a condenser, of a hot-well having a relatively shallow compartment and a relatively deep compartment, means for reducing to a minimum the agitation of the l water in the relatively shallow compartment, a weir on the dividing line between the said compartments, and a gage .for ascertaining the -height of the said water on the said weir, as the vsame passes from the said relatively shallow compartment to the relatively deep compartment.

. 7. In acondensing apparatus, the combination with a condenser, of a hot-well having a relatively shallow compartment and a relatively deep compartment, a seriesl ot 4 battle plates arranged transversely in the said relatively shallow compartment, a weir on -the dividing line between the said compartments, and a gage for ascertaining the height of the said water on the said weir as the same passes from the said relatively shallow compartment to the relatively deep compartment.

8. In a condensing apparatus, the combin'ation with a condenser, of a hot well hav- `ing compartments therein. from and to which the water of condensation iiows, and means for determining the' flow of the water of condensation as the'same passes through the well.

9. In a condensing apparatus, theA combination with a condenser, of a hot Well having a plurality of compartments, means for reducing to a minimum the agitation of the water of condensation as 'the same enters the hot Well from the condenser, and means for determining the fiow of the Water of condensation as-the same passes from one compartment to anotherin the hot Well'.

10.` In a condensing apparatus, the combination with a condenser, ofA a hot Well having a plurality of compartments therein, a

Weir on the dividing line between two of thel said compartments and a gage for reading height of the Water ofcondensation on said Weir as the same passes from one to the other of said compartments.

11. In a condensing apparatus, the combination with a condenser, of a hot We11`hav` ing a plurality of compartments therein, a

'Weir on the dividing line between two of said compartments on a gage for reading the height of the said Water of condensation on the said Weir as the Water passes from one of said compartments to theother.

12. In a condensing apparatus, the Acombination with a condenser of a hot Weil, a partition therein dividing the hot Well into two J'oHN J. BROWN.

Vitnesses:

ALEX CRAMEB, W. J. BEST. 

